Chapter 5 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is here in full — 41 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is here in full — 41 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
You never can tell! You never can tell! Things going wrong will often end well. --Whitefoot. The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
Chapter 5 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is here in full — 41 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “Things going wrong will often end well.”
the act of departing
From this reading “Things going wrong will often end well.”
come together
From this reading “The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.”
many times at short intervals
From this reading “Things going wrong will often end well.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “Things going wrong will often end well.”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “Things going wrong will often end well.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You never can tell!
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Things going wrong will often end well.
the act of departing
From this reading Things going wrong will often end well.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
and nothing more
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
come together
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading You never can tell!
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Things going wrong will often end well.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
express in words
From this reading You never can tell!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Things going wrong will often end well.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The next time you meet him just ask Whitefoot if this isn't so.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Things going wrong will often end well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --Whitefoot.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Things going wrong will often end well.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading Things going wrong will often end well.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You never can tell!
Chapter 5 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 41 sentences, grouped into 9 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 5 holds 41 sentences of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 41 sentences, grouped into 9 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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About 119 minutes of reading across 287 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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